New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday extended the time till September 30 for Jalan-Kalrock Consortium for payment of Rs 350 crore to the lenders of the bankrupt Jet Airways. A three-member NCLAT bench accepted the plea of the consortium to extend the timeline and also for adjustment of Rs 150 crore…
Bengaluru: After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO on Monday announced the launch of Aditya-L1 spacecraft to study the Sun on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport. Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said Jan Dhan Yojana-led interventions and digital transformation have revolutionised financial inclusion in the country, as more than 50 crore people have been brought into the formal banking system with cumulative deposits surpassing Rs 2 lakh crore. On the ninth anniversary of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday took cognisance of the case of sexual assault of a minor girl allegedly by suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha and directed the authorities to ensure that the identity of the survivor is not revealed in any manner. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice…
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been provided with a slew of new facilities at Attock District Jail and expressed his satisfaction over them to a top police officer during his visit to the prison in the Punjab province. Punjab IG Prisons Mian Farooq Nazir on Sunday visited Khan, who is serving a three-year…
Jai ho ISRO appears to be the first patriotic song scripted to salute the entire space scientist community, by SA Khadar, a known lyricist and producer of Little Master High School, Nagole in Hyderabad. While Bharat TV played this out on August 15, to commemorate India’s 77th Independence Day celebrations, the ISRO too communicated its…
Twenty-five-year-old Neeraj Chopra yet again made India proud on Sunday with his historic feat. He thus became the first Indian athlete to win the World Athletics Champions gold medal during the men’s javelin throw final event in Budapest. Chopra’s second attempt in the final saw him launch the javelin to a distance of 88.17 meters, which remained…
Budapest: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Sunday scripted history yet again as he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a big throw of 88.17m in the men’s javelin final here. In another first, three Indians finished in top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu…
Varanasi: In the true spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, 101 musicians and vocalists from G20 member nations and invited countries came together in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and dazzled an audience with a spellbinding orchestral performance. Titled ‘Sur Vasudha’, the performance by the G20 Orchestra was put together under India’s presidency of the influential grouping on Saturday night…
Bengaluru: As the Congress government in Karnataka completed 100 days, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday sought people’s cooperation to lead the “chariot of development” along with the execution of the five election guarantees. Riding on its pre-poll guarantees, the Congress swept to power winning 135 seats in the 224-member Assembly as it dislodged the ruling…
